Lactobacillus (Levilactobacillus) senmaizukei
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Phylum Bacillota (Firmicutes), Class Bacilli, Order Lactobacillales, Family Lactobacillaceae, Genus Lactobacillus, [Group C lactobacilli
(obligately heterofermentative)],
Lactobacillus senmaizukei  Hiraga, Ueno, Sukontasing, Tanasupawat and Oda 2008.

Homotypic synonym:
Levilactobacillus senmaizukei (Hiraga et al. 2008) Zheng et al. 2020.
Gram-positive rods, 0.5-0.8 x 1.0-5.0 µm. Nonspore-forming. Nonmotile.
Facultatively anaerobic. Can grow at 30 and 15 ºC. No growth at 45 ºC. Can grow in 0
to 8% NaCl medium.
Isolated from senmaizuke, a Japanese traditional pickle from Kyoto, Japan.
Undetermined.
  1. Hiraga K., Ueno Y., Sukontasing S., Tanasupawat S. and Oda K., 2008. Lactobacillus senmaizukei sp. nov., isolated from
    Japanese pickle. IJSEM 58, 1625-1629.
  2. Zheng J, Wittouck S, Salvetti E, Franz MAP et al., 2020. A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel
    genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae.
    Int J Syst Microbiol. 70, 2782-2858.
Obligately heterofermentative.

Positive results for fermentation of: N-acetylglucosamine (weak), aesculin, fructose
(weak), galactose, glucose (weak), gluconate (weak), 2-ketogluconate (weak), ribose
and D-xylose.

Negative results for arginine hydrolysis (NH
3 from arginine), catalase, fermentation of: adonitol, amygdalin, D-arabitol, L-arabinose,
arbutin, cellobiose, dulcitol, erythritol, gentibiose, 5-ketogluconate, glycerol, glycogen, inositol, inulin, lactose, lyxose, maltose,
mannitol, mannose, melezitose, melibiose, raffinose, rhamnose, salicin, sorbitol, sorbose, starch, sucrose, tagatose, trehalose,
turanose, xylitol, and L-xylose.
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